Downers Grove Revisited part 4

I began racing for Grand Performance in 2003. For the first time ever I showed up to Downers racing with a team, and a great time at that. I now had 6 guys working for the 1 me. The goal for the day was to get into position to get me on the podium. Sure enough, I was delivered to the last lap after never having felt the wind all race. I found my way to the podium in 5th place again, proving that the year before was not a fluke.

'04 I missed the podium by 6 inches. '05 I flatted with 4 laps to go (that one still haunts me). '06 I played main lead-out for E-Rock and delivered him to a 4th place finish.

'07 was 50 degrees and rain. The race was crazy fast but rather safe. The crashes didn't start happening until 4 laps to go. On the last lap, sitting 5th wheel and 750 meters to go, this happened:

I hit the deck at 35 mph and found myself face down on someone's lawn.

- P

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(From the newest member of the PureJenius.net staff (who, by the way, is paid >well So I've been perusing the MCF board tonight and I still can't believe how many guys are whining about the races and race categories that promoters choose for races. I'm pretty good at whining too, so here goes: I'm a 35+ Cat 3 woman who will show up for the St. Cloud Crit and have to toe the line with Cat 1/2 guys - I don't give a shit that they're 50+, their license still says Cat 1 or 2 (and 3/4/5) and they race like Cat 1/2s. What's that you say, it's a ROY race, so we'll be scored separately? Okay cool, then I'll completely overlook the fact that the race will blow apart on about lap 1.5 and I'll spend the remainder of the race with 3 or 4 other women if I'm lucky or I'll assume the time trial position and ride around in circles by myself. Should be fun. Oh, I should shut my trap because if I think the 50+ guys are too fast and furious, I s...

Good thing I'm racing 35+

No lie. - P

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Dammit. We played so well but still lost. Here's some highlights from week 2 of our football league. we actually scored. we had a playbook (we laughed when we saw the team we played last week had a playbook. They kicked our asses) Strats is our go-to female QB. She connected on all of her passes. Two of them stick out: one perfectly thrown interception to the other team (we wear yellow shirts, she threw it to a girl wearing a white shirt), and one hail-mary to the end zone. I didn't drop any of the passes that were to me. Nobody got hurt...yet. I can almost smell a torn ACL heading our way. I'm going to hang an old tire in the back yard so Strats can hone her QB skills a little more.

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